Woman&#39;s undergarment



April! 25, 1950 s, ROODNER 2,505,504

WOMANS UNDERGARMENT Filed Feb. 10, 1949 INVENTOR. SVL lZ/A ROOD/VER BY z A fforneys.

atenterl Apr... 25, 1950 STATES PATENT OFFICE WOMANS UNDERGARMENT Sylvia Roodner, New York, N. Y. Application February 10, 1949, Serial No. 75,579

5 Claims. I

This invention relates to women's undergarments, more particularly to a new and improved pantie.

Its objects are to provide a pantie undergarment having the following distinguishing features:

1. It is comfortable for wearing under all normal conditions of use, and conforms itself to the movements of the wearers body;

2. It eliminates side seams, thereby preventing tension or pulling on the seams and tearing of the garment;

3. It provides a smooth and comfortable fit as the garment hugs the wearer and still permits maximum freedom of movement;

4. It is graceful and pleasing in appearance;

5. It is simple in construction and hence economical to manufacture;

6. The back and front panels, which are integral, are so cut from a single blank of material so that the back section is on the bias, which provides ease in movement. When the wearer is at rest, the back hugs the body and does not bulge;

7. The cutting in the manner indicated in the preceding point imparts to the front of the garment the feature that riding-up of the garment is prevented and discomfort to the wearer is avoided;

8. It includes a novel form of the front insert which serves as the medium for connecting the garment into a unit, the said front insert having an integral depending portion which forms a part of the crotch unit. This eliminates any pulling action and prevents the tearing of the seams. In addition, the said front insert renders the garment exceedingly comfortable to the wearer and provides a better fitting garment. Because of the said construction, the garment will remain in position when the legs of the wearer are raised;

9. It has a novel crotch construction which eliminates bunching and bulging at the crotch area, and which provides fuller and snugger coverage between the wearers legs, the legs thereby being adequately covered and protected from discomfort, chafing, rubbing and irritation when perspiration is present.

Further objects and advantages of the present invention will be apparent from the following description and from the drawing which accompanies said description.

A preferred form of this invention is shown in the accompanying drawing in which:

Fig. 1 is a front elevational view of a pantieundergarment embodying the invention,

Fig. 2 is a rear elcvational view thereof.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3-3 of i 1,

Fig. 4 is an elevational view of the underneath portion of the undergarment,

Fig. 5 is a sectional View on the line 5-5 of Fig. l, and

Fig. 6 is a sectional Fig. 4.

Referring to the drawing, the reference letter B designates the back portion or panel of the pantie undergarment, and Fl and F2 designates the respective front left and right portions or panels. The said back and front panels are formed from a single piece or blank of fabric (woven or knitted) cut on the bias. That is cut at approximately an angle of 45. Reference to Figs. 1 and 2 will disclose angular lines on the back and front panels, the direction in which these several lines extend indicating the direction of the stretch of the said panels.

It will be discerned from Fig. 3, that there are no side seams whatsoever in the undergarment herein. Such side seams are perforce eliminated by reason of the fact that the back panel B and its integral complementary front panels Fl and F2 are cut from a single piece of material to form the body of the undergarment.

As shown in Fig. 1, the opposed free inner side edges ll of front panels Fl and F2 are upwardly divergent, extending from points lil adjacent the crotch portion to the waist-band W of the undergarment. An intermediate front panel F3 connects front panels Fl and F2. Said connecting panel F3 is of elongated inverted triangular shape, and its upwardly divergent side edges l2, are secured by the oblique lines of stitching [3 to the respective edges ll of front panels Fl and F2. Connecting panel F3 is cut on the straight, the vertically extending lines thereon (Fig. 1) indicating the direction of stretch of the said panel.

As shown in Figs. 1 and 4, intermediate front panel F3 is provided with a depending, integral, generally diamond-shaped extension M which projects into and forms part of the crotch portion of the undergarment. The median portion [5 of said extension l is cut and connected together by vertical stitching.

The crotch portion of the undergarment is clearly illustrated in Fig. 4 of the drawing. The said crotch piece comprises the extension panel l4 and the two identical adjacent panels l6 and I1, all three said panels being connected to each other by the oblique lines of stitching l8 and the vertical line of stitching l9. All three crotch view on the line 6-5 of panels are cut on the straight, the vertically extending lines therein (Figs. 1, 2 and 4) indicating the direction of stretch of the crotch piece.

Two leg holes or openings are formed at the bottom of the undergarment when the crotch piece is connected to the lower ends of free opposed side edges of front panels Fl and F2 and the median portion of back panel B. This is effectuated by the front downwardly diver ent lines of stitching 20, commencing at opposed points Iii and terminating at the front bottom edges of the undergarment, and the downwardly divergent lines of stitching 2| at the bottom cen-' ter of back panel B.

It will be noted that the bottom central portion of back panel B is cut in inverted V-shape to accommodate the back section of the crotch piece. The lower portions of the inner opposed free sides of each of front panels Fi and F2 are cut from oppose'd points it on outwardly divergent lines terminating at the' bottom of the under'gar'rnent, thereby forming the opposed obliqueangled points Pi and P2. The said projections Pl and P2 form an inverted V-sha'p'ed are'a therebetween, the front section of the crotch piece being accommodated therein.

The waist-band W is provided with an elastic band 22 which extends around said waist-band except'between points X-X of intermediate front panel F3. This gives a smoother fit and" elimihates gathers around the waist;

One of the principal features of the invention herein the novel intermediate front connecting panel F3 and its depending projection I i which forms a part of the improved crotch unit. All the advantages resultant from this construction have been heretofore pointed out and described in the statement of the objects of the invention. Another important feature of the invention is so cutting and securing the various panels that comprise the undergarment that horizontal, vertical and angular lines meet with each other to give extreme comfort and fullness, which was not hitherto obtainable in the usual type of pantie undergarment. V

It will be understood that the foregoing is a description of the preferred embodiment of'the invention given by way of illustration rather than by. way of limitation. The invention may be modified in several ways in accordance with the skill of the art without departure from the essentialfeatures of the invention.

What is claimed is:

1. An undergarment comprising a main body panel cut from a single blank of material to present at the front thereof a pair of upwardly divergent side edges extending from the lower end thereof to the upper edge thereof, an intermediate front panel having a pair of upwardly divergent side edges secured to said main body panel by stitching each side edge thereof to a respective side edge of said main body panel, a crotch section separate from the front panel and connecting said body panel and intermediate front panel to form leg openings for the undergarment, said intermediate front panel having an integral depending p'rojection extending into and forming a part of said crotch section.

2. An undergarment comprising a back panel, a pair of spaced front panels, said back and front panels being formed of a single piece of material, an inverted triangular shaped intermediate front panel connecting said front panels, a crotch member separate from the front panel and connecting said back and front panels to form leg openings for the undergarment, the intermediate front panel having an integral depending diamond sha'pe'd projection extending into and forming a part of said crotch' member.

3. An undergarment in accordance with claim 2 in which an elastic band is secured to the upper continuous edge of the back panel and the two spaced front panels.

4. An undergarment in accordance with claim 2, in which the material of the panel forming the back panel and the two spaced front panels is cut on the bias, and the material of the intermediate front panel, its depending extension and the crotch section is cut on the straight.

5. An undergarment comprising a back panel, a pair of spaced side front panels, an interme diate front panel interposed between and connecting said side front panels, said intermediate front panel having opposite edges converging downwardly, a crotch member connecting said back and side front panels to form leg openings for the undergarment, said crotch member hav-' ing a substantially if-shaped notch in the forward end thereof, and a substantially diamondshaped projection integral with the intermediate front panel and separate from the crotch member and extending into the V shaped notch therein and joined thereto.

SYLVIA ROODNER.

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